Mission

In recent years, there has been a significant shift in innovation policy from a focus on economic competitiveness and growth to addressing broader societal challenges. This shift necessitates a transformative approach to innovation, one that contributes to system-wide changes.

SIRI aims to develop, mobilise, and pool capabilities and resources on a national level to advance understanding and governance of system transformation processes in Sweden.

SIRI stands for System Innovation Research in Interaction, encapsulating our commitment to supporting systemic change and innovation by connecting researchers, practitioners, and policymakers across disciplines and sectors.

Activities

Our platform engages in several activities:

Community building: Strengthening networks and building trust within the system transformation community through regular meetings and interactions.

Research agenda development: Creating and updating a research agenda focused on relevant and pressing societal challenges and themes.

Knowledge exchange: Synthesising research and organising seminars and training sessions to share insights and promote learning.

Policy seminars and dialogues: Facilitating discussions between researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to develop joint initiatives.

Specific initiatives: such as macro-trend analyses, transformative innovation policy (TIP) courses, and the Swedish Schumpeter Lectures.

SIRI’s organisation is a reflection of its collaborative and multi-stakeholder approach.

Our members bring a wealth of experience and expertise in innovation, sustainability transitions, system transformation, policy evaluation, and interactive research efforts.

The management team consists of the platform coordinators and community anchors, the partner organisations’ representatives.

The links below will take you to the individuals’ institutional profile or LinkedIn pages.

Team

Platform coordinators

Magnus Nilsson, CIRCLE - Lund University

Mart Laatsit, CIRCLE - Lund University

Community Anchors

Hans Hellsmark, Chalmers University of Technology

Wisdom Kanda, Linköping University

Emily Wise, CIRCLE - Lund University

Michele-Lee Moore, Stockholm Resilience Centre

Josefin Lundström, Vinnova

Board

Mats Benner, Lund University

Anna Bergek, Chalmers University of Technology

Anders Broström, Swedish Entrepreneurship Forum

Harald Rohracher, Linköping University

Ylva Strander, Vinnova

Jenny Sjöblom, Vinnova

We welcome researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and other stakeholders to join us.

For inquiries about opportunities for involvement or further information, please contact the platform coordinators or the community anchor closest to your interest and region.